Trump’s Library Looks Like a Wedding Venue in Hell
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The Bulwark
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🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Sam Stein, JVL, and Andrew Egger give their takes on the newly unveiled “Donald J. Trump Presidential Library” that Trump now himself admits will “most likely” be a hotel. The crew digs into the absurd renderings, including the giant gold statue, an oversized ballroom, and even the Qatari plane overhauled to become Air Force One in the lobby. They also break down how valuable land originally owned by Miami Dade College was transferred to the state and then handed over for the Trump "library."
Read more from JVL on the latest Trump family grift: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-great-trump-library-robbery
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone. It's Sam Stein again. Look, you're about to watch a video about the Trump |
| 0:04.2 | Presidential Library, which was debuted by Trump's son Eric Trump a couple days ago. In between |
| 0:10.1 | us recording the video, talking about this kind of ridiculous library and speculating on what it |
| 0:17.4 | might actually be used for, President Donald Trump himself ended the speculation |
| 0:21.4 | saying the following. |
| 0:23.7 | Trump presidential library. It's a huge skyscraper in Miami. Is that all a library? What else is |
| 0:30.3 | going in? No, well, it's a library. It's a museum or a library. It's a presidential. But I |
| 0:34.5 | wouldn't start it until I'm out of office. I don't believe in building libraries or museums. |
| 0:39.3 | It's really like the Barack Hussein Obama won in Chicago in not a good location, |
| 0:45.3 | and it's a very unattractive building that's seriously late and seriously over budget. |
| 0:51.3 | I think you're going to see a great one here. And it'll go up on time, on budget, |
| 0:57.5 | best location in Miami. They say it's the best block in Miami and the state worked with us. |
| 1:02.6 | Well, people live in the forest. No, it's going to be most likely a hotel. You know, this concept, |
| 1:07.1 | could be office, but it's most likely going to be a hotel with a beautiful building |
| 1:11.4 | underneath and a 747 Air Force One in the lobby, which is going to be a trick. |
| 1:17.9 | All right. |
| 1:18.2 | So there you have it. |
| 1:19.4 | It's not going to be a library. |
| 1:21.3 | It's going to probably be a hotel, maybe an office space. |
| 1:24.9 | You know, maybe a casino. |
| 1:25.9 | We'll see. |
| 1:26.9 | You should still watch a video because we are going to dissect what this thing looks like |
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